Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita [sanskrit]
273,418 words | ISBN-10: 8121800226 | ISBN-13: 9788121800226
The Sanskrit edition of the Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, including the commentaries Sarvangasundara and Ayurvedarasayana. The Astangahrdaya-samhita deals with the eight-fold divisions of Ayurveda: (l) Medicine, (2) The science of the special diseases of the supra-clavicular parts of the body (viz. eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat etc.), (3) Surgery, (4) Toxicology, (5) Psycho-therapy, (6) Pediatrics, (7) Rejuvenation and (8) Virilification. Original titles: Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (वाग्भट अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता), Aruṇadatta Sarvāṅgasundarā (अरुणदत्त सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरा), Hemādri Āyurvedarasāyana (हेमाद्रि आयुर्वेदरसायन).
Section 40
——————————-paramaṃ saptāhaṃ tasya sevanam||31||
Commentary: Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅgasundarā
tasya ca-snehabasteḥ, paramaḥ sekaḥ sapta dināni| tasmāttrīṇi pañca sapta vā'hāni kāryaḥ śirobastirityavatiṣṭhate| §5135
Commentary: Hemādri’s Āyurvedarasāyana
bastyāvṛttyavadhimāha-paramamiti| saṅgrahe tu (sū.a. 31)-"uṣṇāmbunā snātaṃ ca yathārhaṃ bhojayet| snehoktaṃ cāsyācāramādiśet| evaṃ trīṇi pañca sapta vā dināni yojayediti|" tathā (saṃ.sū.a. 31)-"sāpāśrayaṃ pīṭhaṃ, sā yaṃ rātrirvā kālaḥ, vedanopaśamo vā'vadhiḥ|" iti|